Are Liberals Too Eager to Believe Sex Charges Against Julian Assange?

[muriel_volestrangler]

239. This is not about success in court; it's about when the allegation is 'rape'

After the High Court judgement in 2011 that the 4th accusation is held to be rape in both Sweden and England, Assange's lawyers stopped trying to appeal on those grounds. Their appeals after that were on the basis that the Swedish public prosecutor was not a valid authority to issue a European Arrest Warrant.

Where has "You are now claiming that the evidence given by the women has changed over the course of time" come from? I don't think I've ever claimed that. Certainly not in #124, which is purely about whether the accusation is rape in England and Sweden. Perhaps you're replying to some other DUer at the same time?

If we have on record from the woman "no rape", and "she had refused to cooperate", can you point me to that record, please? The police interviews show she said she woke up to find Assange already penetrating her. That is the act which, if it happened, is rape. The interview says "When she talked with her friends afterwards, she understood that she was the victim of a crime", and then she went to a hospital for samples to be taken. The legal facts are that the crime is rape, if her description is accurate. It's the accuracy of her account that has to be tested, not the law.